# Announcing retirement of the classic InVEST user-interface

**URL:** <https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/announcing-retirement-of-the-classic-invest-user-interface/3202>\
**Category:** Software Support\
**Created:** [November 8, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/announcing-retirement-of-the-classic-invest-user-interface/3202 "2022-11-08T18:47:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dave](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/dave/32/70_2.png) [@dave](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/dave)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/announcing-retirement-of-the-classic-invest-user-interface/3202/1 "2022-11-08T18:47:58Z")

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📣 Attention InVEST users,

The next InVEST release (expected in early 2023) will no longer include the “classic” user-interface. Instead, the new Workbench will be the only option for the desktop interface. If you haven’t already tried the Workbench, please try it and report any issues you have here. Thank you,

> **[InVEST](https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/software/invest)**
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> InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is a suite of models used to map and value the goods and services from nature that sustain and fulfill human life. It helps explore how changes in ecosystems can lead to changes in the...

_As always, invest will still be available as the python library `natcap.invest`_

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**Author:** ![dave](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/dave/32/70_2.png) [@dave](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/dave)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/announcing-retirement-of-the-classic-invest-user-interface/3202/2 "2022-11-08T18:48:28Z")

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